About: Vince Clarke About: Vince Clarke An Entity of Type : person , from Named Graph : , within Data Space : dbpedia.org Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin; 3 July 1960) is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously a member of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly. Property abstract Vince Clarke, de son vrai nom Vincent John Martin, est un musicien (claviers et guitare) et compositeur britannique né le à South Woodford, en périphérie de Londres. Il est le compositeur et le musicien principal du groupe Erasure depuis 1985 et fut précédemment un membre fondateur des groupes Depeche Mode, Yazoo, et The Assembly. Travailleur très prolifique et auteur de nombreux hits, Vince Clarke reçoit en 2009 un Ivor Novello récompensant sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'industrie du disque britannique.

Depuis le début de sa carrière professionnelle, commencée en 1980 avec Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke aura ainsi co-écrit et mis en musique 24 albums, dont 15 en tant qu'Erasure. Musicien pointilleux, souvent à contre-courant des tendances musicales de son époque, Vince Clarke est un puriste des sonorités électroniques analogiques. Celles-ci confèrent une patte sonore particulière à la plupart des productions de Vince Clarke, tout spécialement durant la première moitié des années 1990 au travers de la trilogie rétrofuturiste formée par les albums Chorus (1991), I Say I Say I Say (1994) et Erasure (1995). En solo, Vince Clarke réalise régulièrement des remix pour d'autres artistes et a occasionnellement collaboré sur des projets musicaux avec Martin L. Gore, Jean Michel Jarre, The Sparks, ou Martyn Ware pour ne citer que les plus connus.

Installé aux États-Unis depuis 2003, Vince Clarke est marié depuis 2004 à la publicitaire américaine Tracy Hurley (la sœur jumelle de l’écrivaine Tonya Hurley) avec laquelle il a un fils, Oscar, né en 2005. (fr) Vince Clarke (n. 3 de julio de 1960, su nombre verdadero es Vincent John Martin) es un músico inglés conocido principalmente por ser un importante precursor de la música electrónica desde 1981 en el grupo Depeche Mode, así como en los duetos Erasure y Yazoo. Autor de populares temas del género, como Just Can't Get Enough de Depeche Mode, Only You de Yazoo, y coautor de A Little Respect, Chorus, Love to Hate You, Breath of Life, Always e In My Arms de Erasure. Clarke contrajo nupcias con Tracy Hurley -hermana de Tonya Hurley, la creadora de Ghostgirl- en mayo de 2004. En septiembre de 2005 nació el hijo de ambos, Oscar Martin.

(es) Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin; 3 July 1960) is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously a member of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly. (en) Vince Clarke (* 3. Juli 1960 in South Woodford, London, England als Vincent John Martin) ist ein britischer Popmusiker. Er gründete die Bands Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly und ist Mitglied der Duos Erasure und VCMG. (de) Vincent Clarke, właśc. Vincent John Martin (ur. 3 lipca 1960 w Woodford w Wielkiej Brytanii) – muzyk angielski, założyciel zespołu Depeche Mode. Grał na instrumentach klawiszowych, komponował oraz pisał teksty do pierwszego albumu zespołu, Speak & Spell.

(pl) Vincent Clarke, geboren als Vincent Martin (South Woodford, Essex, 3 juli 1960) is een Britse popmusicus en songwriter, die van verschillende succesvolle popgroepen deel uitmaakte, waaronder Depeche Mode, Yazoo en Erasure. (nl) ヴィンス・クラーク (英: Vince Clarke、1960年7月3日 - )は、イギリスのミュージシャン、作曲家、音楽プロデューサー。ロンドンのサウス・ウッドフォード出身。デペッシュ・モードのオリジナルメンバーとしてデビューし、1985年から2015年現在に至るまでイレイジャーの中心人物として活動。また、他アーティストとのコラボレーション、プロデュース、客演も多数。 (ja) Vincent John Martin (Londres, 3 de Julho de 1960), mais conhecido pelo nome artístico de Vince Clarke, é um músico e compositor britânico.

Ele se envolveu com vários grupos pop de sucesso tais como Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly e Erasure. Além ser especialista em sintetizadores e um dos pioneiros em música eletrônica dos anos 80, foi e continua sendo o principal compositor dos grupos que participou. (pt) Винс Кларк (англ. Vince Clarke; настоящее имя — Винсент Джон Мартин (англ. Vincent John Martin); род. 3 июля 1960 года, Рэдбридж (англ. Redbridge), Большой Лондон, Англия) — британский поп-музыкант и автор песен, связан с большим числом известных групп, включая Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly и Erasure. Винс — один из основателей Depeche Mode, покинувший группу 12 января 1982 года. Он провёл совсем немного времени в группе, но сыграл важную роль в создании Depeche Mode.

(ru) South Woodford, England, United Kingdom (en) Roland Synthesizers, Moog Synthesizers, Oberheim Synthesizers, Casio CZ-101 (en) Musician, songwriter, remixer, DJ, producer (en) comment Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin; 3 July 1960) is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously a member of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly. (en) Vince Clarke (* 3. Juli 1960 in South Woodford, London, England als Vincent John Martin) ist ein britischer Popmusiker. Er gründete die Bands Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly und ist Mitglied der Duos Erasure und VCMG. (de) Vincent Clarke, właśc. Vincent John Martin (ur. 3 lipca 1960 w Woodford w Wielkiej Brytanii) – muzyk angielski, założyciel zespołu Depeche Mode.

Grał na instrumentach klawiszowych, komponował oraz pisał teksty do pierwszego albumu zespołu, Speak & Spell. (pl) Vincent Clarke, geboren als Vincent Martin (South Woodford, Essex, 3 juli 1960) is een Britse popmusicus en songwriter, die van verschillende succesvolle popgroepen deel uitmaakte, waaronder Depeche Mode, Yazoo en Erasure.

(nl) ヴィンス・クラーク (英: Vince Clarke、1960年7月3日 - )は、イギリスのミュージシャン、作曲家、音楽プロデューサー。ロンドンのサウス・ウッドフォード出身。デペッシュ・モードのオリジナルメンバーとしてデビューし、1985年から2015年現在に至るまでイレイジャーの中心人物として活動。また、他アーティストとのコラボレーション、プロデュース、客演も多数。 (ja) Vincent John Martin (Londres, 3 de Julho de 1960), mais conhecido pelo nome artístico de Vince Clarke, é um músico e compositor britânico. Ele se envolveu com vários grupos pop de sucesso tais como Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly e Erasure. Além ser especialista em sintetizadores e um dos pioneiros em música eletrônica dos anos 80, foi e continua sendo o principal compositor dos grupos que participou.

(pt) Винс Кларк (англ. Vince Clarke; настоящее имя — Винсент Джон Мартин (англ. Vincent John Martin); род. 3 июля 1960 года, Рэдбридж (англ. Redbridge), Большой Лондон, Англия) — британский поп-музыкант и автор песен, связан с большим числом известных групп, включая Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly и Erasure. Винс — один из основателей Depeche Mode, покинувший группу 12 января 1982 года. Он провёл совсем немного времени в группе, но сыграл важную роль в создании Depeche Mode. (ru) Vince Clarke (n. 3 de julio de 1960, su nombre verdadero es Vincent John Martin) es un músico inglés conocido principalmente por ser un importante precursor de la música electrónica desde 1981 en el grupo Depeche Mode, así como en los duetos Erasure y Yazoo.

Autor de populares temas del género, como Just Can't Get Enough de Depeche Mode, Only You de Yazoo, y coautor de A Little Respect, Chorus, Love to Hate You, Breath of Life, Always e In My Arms de Erasure. (es) Vince Clarke, de son vrai nom Vincent John Martin, est un musicien (claviers et guitare) et compositeur britannique né le à South Woodford, en périphérie de Londres. Il est le compositeur et le musicien principal du groupe Erasure depuis 1985 et fut précédemment un membre fondateur des groupes Depeche Mode, Yazoo, et The Assembly. Travailleur très prolifique et auteur de nombreux hits, Vince Clarke reçoit en 2009 un Ivor Novello récompensant sa contribution exceptionnelle à l'industrie du disque britannique. Depuis le début de sa carrière professionnelle, commencée en 1980 avec Depeche Mode, Vince Clarke aura ainsi co-écrit et mis en musique 24 albums, dont 15 en tant qu'Erasure.

(fr) Vince Clarke - Concerts, Biography & News - BBC Music Read more about sharing. Vince Clarke Biography (Wikipedia) Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin; 3 July 1960) is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly. This entry is from Wikipedia , the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License . If you find the biography content factually incorrect or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia . Find out more about our use of this data. Show more Erasure - Music on Google Play Erasure About the artist Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of singer and songwriter Andy Bell and songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke. They formed in London, and entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That".

Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the late 1980s to mid-1990s. From 1986 to 2007, Erasure achieved 24 consecutive Top 40 hits in the UK, while having three Top 20 hits in the US: "A Little Respect", "Chains of Love", and "Always". By 2009, 34 of their 45 singles and EPs had made the UK Top 40, with 17 climbing into the Top 10. At the 1989 Brit Awards, Erasure won the Brit Award for Best British Group. The duo are most popular in their native UK and mainland Europe and also in South America. To date, they have sold over 25 million albums worldwide. The band is also popular within the LGBT community, for whom the openly gay Bell has become a gay icon. 1 $14.49 The Violet Flame is the sixteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure.

The album was released through Mute Records on 22 September 2014 in the UK, and 23 September 2014 in North America. 1 1 $9.49 The Violet Flame is the sixteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure. The album was released through Mute Records on 22 September 2014 in the UK, and 23 September 2014 in North America. 1 1 $9.49 Tomorrow's World is the fourteenth studio album by English synthpop duo Erasure. The album was released through Mute Records on 3 October 2011 in the UK, and 11 October 2011 in North America. As wi... 1 1 $9.49 Nightbird is the eleventh full-length studio album by the British synthpop band Erasure. Produced by Erasure, it was released on 24 January 2005 by Mute Records in the UK and on 25 January 2005 in ...

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Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously a member of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly. Wikipedia Share Vince Clarke FAQs 2017- Facts, Rumors and the latest Gossip. Who is Vince Clarke? Biography, gossip, facts? Advertisement Vincent John Martin (born 3 July 1960) better known by his stage name Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been a member of a number of groups including Depeche Mode Yazoo The Assembly and Erasure. When is Vince Clarke's birthday? Vince Clarke was born on the 3rd of July 1960 , which was a Sunday. Vince Clarke will be turning 57 in only 164 days from today. How old is Vince Clarke? Vince Clarke is 56 years old. To be more precise (and nerdy), the current age as of right now is 20457 days or (even more geeky) 490968 hours. That's a lot of hours!

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In 1983, after the Yazoo split, Clarke teamed up with Eric Radcliffe and it was their idea to collaborate as one-off associations with different artists on each new single, under the name The Assembly; notably with singer Feargal Sharkey they scored the Top 5 hit “Never Never”. Meanwhile, he founded the label Reset Records with Eric Radcliffe. During 1983 and further on in 1984, he produced four singles “The Face of Dorian Gray”, “I Just Want to Dance”, “Claudette” and “Calling All Destroyers” for his friend Robert Marlow, which were released on this label. They also produced an album, which was shelved but was released much later in 1999 under the name The Peter Pan Effect. In 1985, another collaboration took place with Paul Quinn of Bourgie Bourgie, the result was the single “One Day” by Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn. However, the project never took off, and Clarke moved on to other projects. One Day (Extension) 4:17 Vince Clarke - Musician - Music database - Radio Swiss Jazz Vince Clarke From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Vince Clarke (born Vincent John Martin; 3 July 1960) is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously the main songwriter of several groups, including Depeche Mode , Yazoo and The Assembly. Early life Vincent John Martin was born in South Woodford, London and then he moved to Basildon, Essex. He initially studied the violin and then the piano, but he was inspired to make electronic music upon hearing Wirral synth band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). [1] [2] Along with OMD, other early influences included The Human League , Daniel Miller and Fad Gadget. [3] Early bands and Depeche Mode In the late-1970s, Clarke and schoolmate Andy Fletcher formed the short-lived band, No Romance in China. In 1980, he teamed up with Robert Marlow and Martin Gore to form French Look. Another band, named Composition of Sound, followed in 1980 with another addition of Martin Gore and also, Fletcher.

Clarke provided vocals until singer Dave Gahan joined the band, which was renamed Depeche Mode. At that time, he adopted the stage-name by which he is currently known: Vince Clarke. The band initially adopted a slick synthesized electropop sound, which produced the album Speak and Spell and the Clarke-penned singles "Dreaming of Me", "New Life" and "Just Can't Get Enough" in 1981. Clarke left Depeche Mode shortly thereafter. There were many rumoured reasons pertaining to his departure. He commented on Depeche Mode's later material as being a little dark for his taste, but good nonetheless. Clarke stated that he did not enjoy the public aspects of success, such as touring and interviews, and found himself frequently at odds with his bandmates, particularly on the tour bus.

[4] He also stated: "I think everybody in the band, especially myself, imagined that the reason we were doing so well was because of themselves...We were pretty young and very lucky, and things had happened very quickly for us and I don't think we were really mature to handle the situation." [5] Clarke was replaced by musician Alan Wilder and Depeche Mode went on to achieve international stardom. Yazoo Clarke then teamed up with singer Alison Moyet (at the time known by the nickname of 'Alf') to form the popular synthpop band Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.), which produced two albums and a string of hits including "Only You", "Don't Go", "Situation", "The Other Side of Love", "Nobody's Diary" and "Walk Away from Love". Yazoo split in 1983, and Moyet went on to have a successful solo career. Yazoo reformed in 2008 for a series of live dates to celebrate 25 years since the duo's split.

The Assembly In 1983, Clarke teamed up with Eric Radcliffe and it was their idea to collaborate as one-off associations with different artists on each new single, under the name The Assembly; notably with singer Feargal Sharkey they scored the Top 5 hit "Never Never". Meanwhile, he founded the label Reset Records with Eric Radcliffe. During 1983 and further on in 1984, he produced four singles "The Face of Dorian Gray", "I Just Want to Dance", "Claudette" and "Calling All Destroyers" for his friend Robert Marlow, which were released on this label. They also produced an album, which was shelved but was released much later in 1999 under the name The Peter Pan Effect. In 1985, another collaboration took place with Paul Quinn of Bourgie Bourgie, the result was the single "One Day" by Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn. However, the project never took off, and Clarke moved on to other projects. [6] Erasure In early 1985, Clarke put an ad in Melody Maker for a singer, and one applicant was Andy Bell , who was a fan of his earlier projects.

He teamed with Bell to form the group Erasure , and the duo became one of the major selling acts in British music with international hits like "Oh L'amour", "Sometimes", "Chains of Love", "A Little Respect", "Drama!", "Blue Savannah", "Chorus", "Love to Hate You", "Take a Chance on Me" and "Always". The band has released 16 albums to date and have enjoyed a long string of hit singles spanning their three decades together, most recently topped-off by the 2005 top five hit "Breathe" taken from their Nightbird album. In 2006, Erasure produced a country-western style acoustic album consisting of mostly non-single cuts from their previous albums. This album, Union Street was preceded by the single "Boy" originally included on their 1997 Cowboy album. On 26 January 2007, in a video message on the official Erasure website, [7] the band announced the release of their sixteenth (thirteenth studio) album, entitled Light at the End of the World.

Released in the UK on 21 May 2007, with a US release the following day, it was preceded by the single "I Could Fall in Love with You", released on 2 April 2007. The second single, "Sunday Girl" was subsequently released. The album was produced by Gareth Jones and was a more "dance oriented" effort than some of their more recent work with Clarke making reference to the new material sounding potentially a bit more like Andy Bell's 2005 solo effort Electric Blue. Erasure went on to tour with Cyndi Lauper , Deborah Harry , Margaret Cho and other artists, for the 2007 True Colors Tour of the United States, a tour which benefited gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender freedoms and rights. Erasure then went out on their own, headlining the "Light at the End of the World" tour in Europe and North America. The band released a new EP, Storm Chaser, in September 2007. The EP contains nine tracks, one of them the winner of an online fan remix contest, for the track "When a Lover Leaves You", from the Light at the End of the World album.

The Erasure album, Tomorrow's World, was released on 3 October 2011, featuring production by Frankmusik. The album was done in two locations, Vince in his Cabin Studio in Maine composing the music, vocal arrangement and production done by Andy in Los Angeles. The album featured three singles- When I Start To Break It All Down, Be With You and Fill Us With Fire. A very limited edition of Tomorrow's World box sets were issued through the EIS and gathered a bunch of remixes, demos and videos of this project. The Erasure Christmas album Snow Globe was released on 11 November 2013. A new collection of material was released on 22 September 2014 named The Violet Flame, featuring production by Richard X. Additional work In July 1984, Clarke teamed up with Stephen Luscombe of Blancmange, Pandit Dinesh and Asha Bhosle. The group, West India Company, released a four track, self-titled EP. Clarke worked with synthpop producer Martyn Ware (of Heaven 17 and The Human League ) in 1999 as "The Clarke & Ware Experiment" and released the album Pretentious.

The duo collaborated again in 2001 for the album Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, which was created with "3D music technology" specifically designed for listening in headphones. 2001 also saw the release of the Clarke-produced album Erasure's Vince Clarke which featured The Peter Pan Effect, an album that he and Eric Radcliffe produced for his long-time friend, Robert Marlow. Clarke wrote "Let's Get Together" for the pop girl group Girl Authority for their second album, Road Trip. The song was originally meant to be for Depeche Mode, but was never recorded by them. Clarke also co-wrote "What Do I Want From You?" with Freeform Five, for their album Strangest Things (2005). Also in 2001, Clarke founded Illustrious Co. Ltd. with Martyn Ware, to create new forms of spatialised sound composition using their unique 3D AudioScape system, collaborating with fine artists, educational establishments, the performing arts, live events, corporate clients and educational settings round the world. [8] In 2004, Clarke provided additional music for an episode of Johnny Bravo entitled "The Time of My Life".

This was a collaboration with Richard Butler. Clarke was an essential component of a 2000 project called Family Fantastic. [9] They produced the album Nice!. [10] In 2008 Family Fantastic released a second album, entitled Wonderful. On 21 May 2009, Clarke was awarded by an "Outstanding Song Collection" prize, during the Ivor Novello Awards ceremony of the same day, in recognition of 30 years in the music industry. Clarke was featured in the BBC Four documentary Synth Britannia. Clarke collaborated with his former Depeche Mode colleague Martin Gore for the first time since 1981 as techno duo VCMG on an instrumental minimalist electronic dance album called Ssss, released on 12 March 2012. The first EP entitled Spock was released worldwide exclusively on Beatport on 30 November 2011. [11] The second EP Single Blip was once again first released exclusively on Beatport on 20 February 2012. Their third EP Aftermaths was released on 20 August 2012.

In 2012, Vince collaborated with the band The Good Natured on a track called "Ghost Train", available as a free download on their website, in exchange for a Tweet. Also in 2012, Vince produced a cover of the Depeche Mode song "Fly on the Windscreen" featuring Ane Brun . In 2013, Vince worked with Andy Bell on a new Erasure Christmas LP which was released in November 2013. There is also a rumor that a collection of original materials will also be ready by mid year 2014. Vince Clarke is currently doing DJ sets in various locations in North America and Europe and has also continued his production work of remixing songs for Dido and Chad Valley. Clarke is holding a competition online for synth guring, which is composed of making synth-like noises with your mouth, registration ends at the end of August 2013, judging shortly there after. In October 2013, Vince announced on his Twitter page that he is collaborating with musicians BT and Christian Burns on their "All Hail the Silence" project.

[12] [13] On 14 July 2015 Vince announced a collaboration with Jean Michel Jarre called Automatic, which was released as a part of the full album Electronica 1: The Time Machine on 16 October 2015. [14] Influences In December 2013, Clarke listed his "13 LPs that mean the most to him" for The Quietus: [15] The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Question: Which musician and songwriter was a member of the groups Depeche Mode, Yazoo and Erasure?
Answer: Vince Clark